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Cheng also says there was radiation on her thighs and back, details that did not appear in the report.Cheng said she was told to wash her hands and then go home and take a shower. She did as she was told.Standard radiation safety practice under such circumstances calls for immediate "decontamination and a followup check with a Geiger counter," said Paul Rohwer, president-elect of the Health Physics Society, a national radiation safety group, and other experts consulted by The News.The study, presented at the Healthcare Associated Infections 2011 conference in London on Tuesday, compared the state of standard hospital pillows with a medical pillow developed by the company Gabriel Scientific during several months on different wards at the hospital.The high-tech pillows, sold under the brand name SleepAngel, are made from a membrane that is normally used as a filter in a heart stent to keep out bacteria, and sealed by melting the edges together rather than sewn."Clean, health y sleep should not be limited to just terra firma," said Gary Goldberg, President and Founder of CleanBrands. "We've contributed greatly to the clean, allergy-free environment of many households throughout the country with our mattress encasements and pillows and are more than pleased to offer the same high quality comfort tools to JetBlue customers.""Replacing our old, recycled pillows and blankets with this state-of-the-art, high-quality take home kit is an eco-conscious, health-conscious and customer-conscious decision," said Brett Muney, General Manager of Product Development for JetBlue Airways. "We are constantly seeking ways to enhance the in-flight experience for our customers, and providing them the option to purchase The World's Cleanest travel pillow and a fleece blanket at an affordable price delivers on that promise."After two months the medical pillows tested negative for all bacteria under investigation, while the standard pillows tested positive for a range o f micro-organisms.The study stopped short of demonstrating that there was an increased risk of actual transmission of infections between hospital patients. Other scientists suggested that pillows were so widely used that they could not constitute a major health risk.The report concluded there was a stain of radioactive phosphorus-32 on Liu's pillow so concentrated it couldn't have gotten there by accident."The total lack of contamination in the apartment indicates that no one slept on the pillow after it was contaminated," the report continued. The city's Health Department, which conducted its own investigation, came to the same technical conclusions, though it did not speculate about precisely how the contamination occurred, said department spokeswoman Sandra Mullin.Fortunately, hospital pillows have plastic covers and so are unlikely to cause problems, but patients being discharged home - where pillows may be old and fungus-infected - could be at risk of infection.

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